The 11th of November is also the launching of the carnival season in North-Brabant and Limburg as well as in the Rhineland; the whole region beyond the border (Aachen, Köln...). Thus in Maastricht too there was a celebration. Everything started the 11/11 at 11.11 in the morning. It is called in the local dialect(the Limburgs) "vasteloavend" (/vasteloːvənd/ literally "Fasting evening", although that strictly refers only to the last day). Of course, it is the occasion to sing the many tunes (Vasteloavend Leedsjes) typically associated with the event!
I wish everybody "inne noekketieje vasteloavend"(a happy 'vasteloavend')!
Hi Xavier,
ReplyDeleteThanks for this bit of 'local colour' from Maastricht. Can I just ask how you got that schwa symbol inserted -- did you use Alt + some complicated number or is there another way?
Best wishes,
LV
No problem, mister Vandelanotte, it was my pleasure to let you discover a little aspect of the life in Limburg. For the schwa I simply did a copy-paste from a schwa that I found on wikipedia. It is as simple as that in fact. But I bet that you are right and that it would be possible to use alt+ something.
ReplyDeleteSee you tomorrow at the "souper germa".
Xavier
Thanks -- much easier than using codes of course. Long live copy-paste :) LV
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